Azeri seeking presidency in Ukraine
An Azerbaijan-born resident of the Ukrainian town of Dnepropetrovsk
is seeking to run for president in the former Soviet republic.
Zaur Abbasov, 51, has already filed documents to the country’s Central Election Commission, Interfax Ukraine news agency reported.
Abbasov was born in the Azerbaijani town of Ganja. He is a member of the People’s Party headed by Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and is currently unemployed.
Abbasov stood in the 2002 elections to Supreme Rada (parliament) as an independent candidate but managed to gain only 0.1 percent of the votes.*
Zaur Abbasov, 51, has already filed documents to the country’s Central Election Commission, Interfax Ukraine news agency reported.
Abbasov was born in the Azerbaijani town of Ganja. He is a member of the People’s Party headed by Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and is currently unemployed.
Abbasov stood in the 2002 elections to Supreme Rada (parliament) as an independent candidate but managed to gain only 0.1 percent of the votes.*
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